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Obama: "Serious mistake" to exit Iran deal

Former President Barack Obama is calling President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal a "serious mistake" and said walking away "turns our back on America's closest allies." Obama's statement was released after Mr. Trump's announcement Tuesday that the U.S. will withdraw from the nuclear agreement, which was reached in 2015 between the U.S., Russia, China, Iran, France, Germany and Britain. CBSN's Reena Ninan reports.

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Can Blankenship go onto the general?

The West Virginia GOP primary is Tuesday night and it's proving to be a close race. Of course, the most talked about candidate is Don Blankenship, the former Massey Energy CEO. Blankenship was convicted in 2016 of conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards. National Republicans see West Virginia as the biggest electoral prize in this upcoming midterms due to vulnerable Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

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